Yeast

Ice Pack

Helps extend the time that the yeast stays cool in transit. Cool temperatures help keep the viability of the yeast higher which in turns leads to faster fermentation start times and better beer. The Insulated shipper helps the ice last much longer, however neither option will ensure your yeast stays cool the entire trip.

Yeast Nutrient

Keep your yeast healthy and happy with the nutrients it needs to make great beer! Yeast nutrients help prevent off-flavors, decrease fermentation time, and increase alcohol potential. Nutrients are especially important when making high gravity beers.

Grain Steeping Bag

We have a great selection of grain bags to keep your beer clear and let you Brew in a Bag. The disposable bag is a cheaper 1 time use option for either grain or hops. If you are steeping up to 2 lbs of grain, the 8" x 15" bag works great but if you are looking to steep more than 2 lbs or are doing a Brew in a Bag the 29" x 29" grain bag is the way to go.

Hop Steeping Bag

The 6" x 8" hop bag is great for small 1-2 oz hop additions and the larger 9" x 12" hop bag is perfect for whole cone or larger pellet additions.

Sanitizer

Sanitizing your equipment is one of the most important steps of the brewing process. When you finish your boil, you want to make sure that you provide a sterile environment for your yeast to do its job. Other microorganisms can stress your yeast and add off-flavors to your beer.

Priming Sugar

Priming sugar is used during the bottling process to carbonate your beer. Add some fermentable sugar to your beer before bottling and the yeast leftover from fermentation will continue working and carbonate your beer right in the bottle. You can also use carbonation drops by adding 1-2 to each bottle before capping them.

Beer Bottles

If you are looking to bottle your beer here are three of our most popular beer bottles that will keep your beer safe until you are ready to drink it. Each package of bottles includes enough to bottle most of a 5 gallon batch (if you have a full 5 gallons you may need a few extra bottles).

Bottle Caps

These bottle caps are commercial grade and will keep your beer fresh until you are ready to drink it. The package includes 50 caps which is enough to bottle 5 gallons of beer with a few left over! The caps have a diameter of 26 mm, meaning they will fit all American beer bottles.They contain an oxygen absorbing agent in the liner to prevent oxidation.

Propper Starter

Propper Starter™ is condensed wort in a can, allowing you to make a yeast starter in minutes! No need to make a mess in the kitchen measuring out DME, and no need to waste time boiling and cooling before you pitch your yeast. Simply open a can of Propper Starter™, pour it into your flask along with 16 oz of bottled or distilled water, then add your yeast. It's that simple!

Tap Handle

Our ingredient kits now all come with a cutout to slip into our custom tap handle. You can easily display the beautiful graphic of our recipe kits right on your tap handle!

(Makes 5 gallons) An extremely malty beer that really emphasizes malt over hops. Most styles are more balanced, which means the bitterness of the hops is proportional to the sweetness of the malt. Not true with our Scotch ale where the deep malt flavor is king. Scotch Ale yeast strains typically ferment well in the low-to-mid 60's and leave behind very few esters or fruity flavors, which further emphasizes the malt. This recipe has over 11 lbs of malt extract and only one ounce of hops!

I just purchased the scotch ale kit and a pack of wlp028 yeast should I use more yeast? Some have mentioned slow yeast activity and with the high OG, just trying to head off any issues. New to this and excited for this awesome ale....

I'm a huge fan of Scotch Ales, with a brewery only a few miles away from me making one of my favorites. This was only my 2nd beer, but I figured I'd give it a shot. I only hit one problem: The GY044 Scotch Ale #1 Yeast I'd ordered had to be shipped from the east coast (I'm in CA), and even though it arrived on a cold day and I kept it in the fridge, the pouch never expanded when it came time to brew. But not knowing if this was good or bad I pitched it anyway. 3 days later, no fermentation. I contacted MoreBeer support, and they overnighted me a new packet free of charge which I pitched the next day, to some immediate aggressive fermentation. After that it was smooth sailing, with the final beer coming in at 8.1%. Nice and sweet\malty\smoky, goes down really easy only two weeks since I cracked the first bottle. Good carbonation, nice head. Can see doing this again with some tweaks to the recipe. 5 stars for a great beer, and great MoreBeer support.

Well I thought I would be able to put some of this up for long term ageing, but it didn't last everyone loved this scotch ale. It ended with a 8.6% ABV, but was very smooth with a great mouthfeel. Very enjoyable to even sip at a small juice glass full. Would highly recommend this one, I have another kit on the way.

I got this kit as gift awhile back and brewed it in june. Its now August and I am really pleased with the way it has turned out. This beer is very malty so just FYI. It reminded me of McEwans scotch ale which I think is really tasty. If you like strong malty beers this one will definitely please. I doubled up on the yeast since this is quite a high gravity beer. Let it sit a couple weeks in the bottle. Its fine at 2 weeks carbonated but 4 weeks is perfect.

I like the basic recipe, but feel the need to modify it. I add some chocolate malt and a cup of molasses; then it really is tasty! Make sure you use a starter, it is fairly high OG and the yeast need the help. I've fermented it at low and high temps (59deg to 70deg) with WLP028 and always had good results; it conditions beautifully and ages nicely as well; a 2-yr bottle was wonderful.

This resulted in a great, complex brew nearly 10pct above. Recommend a yeast starter with alcohol tolerant yeast as the abv is high. My batch was slow to carbonate, which I attribute to the yeast and no starter. After about 6 mo, this beer was amazing... Complex, smooth and delicious. Tasted like an aged vintage ale, will age well.